Vocabulary : Force to Forcible

Force : To stuff; to lard; to farce. ;; A waterfall; a cascade. ;; Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term. ;; Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion. ;; Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; -- an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation. ;; Strength or power exercised without law, or contrary to law, upon persons or things; violence. ;; Validity; efficacy. ;; Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, which
Force pump : A pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the valves; in distinction from a pump having a bucket, or valved piston. ;; A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure; in distinction from one which lifts the water only to the top of the pump or delivers it through a spout. See Illust. of Plunger pump, under Plunger.
Forced : of Force ;; Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh.
Forceful : Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty.
Forceless : Having little or no force; feeble.
Forcemeat : Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing.
Forcement : The act of forcing; compulsion.
Forceps : A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc. ;; The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig.
Forcer : One who, or that which, forces or drives. ;; The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump. ;; A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc.
Forcible : Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential. ;; Violent; impetuous. ;; Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or abduction.
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